![]() I find Sonarworks/Arc to be counter to my goal of having mixes translate, whereas VSX is not only great but continues to get better as new updates are released including the highly anticipated Atmos additions that are rumored. We all have excellent spaces with good monitoring, so maybe those in less than ideal spaces would have better luck. For me, and every other professional audio engineer I consider a colleague, Sonarworks/Arc actually make mix translation more difficult. The problem is that almost no one actually wants to mix on something flat despite seeming like it would be ideal on paper. Not as flat as using a Trinnov, but for a consumer grade solution the results are pretty good. For my heavily treated room with excellent placement of high quality monitors the results are fairly flat. They’re successful in that goal depending on your room and speakers. Sonarworks, as well as Arc, all have one goal: Make things flat. On the other hand it means you’re mixing on headphones which gets tiresome on long sessions. If you can’t get mixes to translate when using VSX the problem is you, not the software or headphones. It shouldn’t work as well as it does for the price, but it consistently delivers. I own VSX and have repeatedly demoed various versions of Sonarworks as well as owning the similar IK Arc 3. Although the recordings don't have to be radio quality, I want them to be as professional as possible and some of the stems have ended up on final recordings.Īlthough I routinely track on headphones, I've always mixed on monitors (currently a pair of Neumann KH 120s) but I'm not opposed to switching to headphones. ![]() I use the space for songwriting and recording demos for various current and former bandmates. Normally I'd jump on this project, but my wife and I are only a couple of years away from being empty nesters and I don't think the time and effort is worth it for this room. It's nearly a perfect square (10 X 11) and because of the arrangement of doors/furniture/gear, it will require serious thought and customization to acoustically treat. My oldest left for college this year and we did some room swapping which left my "studio" in the smallest room in the house. No paying clients, work with friends/bandmates SoundID Reference plugin now supports multichannel calibration Accurate and reliable reference sound for stereo and multichannel speaker setups including 9.1.6 Atmos systems. Prefer mixing on monitors, but not opposed to doing it on headphones The main module of SoundID Reference products is the SoundID Reference app. SoundID Reference (the next-generation version of Reference 4) software calibrates your speakers and studio headphones. Small/less than ideal space for recording & mixingĭon't want to spend time/money on treatment (room is "temporary") You can also use it for headphones, using pre-set profiles built in, or by sending your headphones available in for calibration and is an app in the audio & music category. As for Slate, I'm a fan of their products generally (it helps if you ignore Steven Slate and focus on the actual products) and think it might be useful to sample mixes in the various environments. I like that Sonarworks allows for room analysis and allows me to mix on monitors but can still work with headphones. I'm looking to the collective wisdom of TB to help my select between the two. See How to use ListenHub → FX Chains for more information.The title pretty much sums up the purpose of this thread.
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